Jovito Palparan’s case is proof that you can’t escape crimes against human rights

In 2006, unidentified armed men seized University of the Philippines students Karen Empeo and Sherlyn Cadapan in a house in Hagonoy, Bulacan. According to Inquirer.net, the two were conducting research for a school requirement when they were abducted. Years after their disappearance, a witness testified before the Bulacan RTC that the two students were hung upside down naked, tortured and sexually molested and pieces of wood were inserted on [their] private parts. Retired major general Jovito Palparan